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Homo erectus

In Our Time: Science

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Homorectus

Homorectus is the first hominy species that has a growth plateau. We need to extend childhood as long as possible, because we have to learn how to be social. The reason we have a big brain is not to use stone tools or know what a split infinitive is. It's because we need to understand the social dynamics around us. And think about it, we're hunting down big beasts on the actural a a african soof like a landscape. There's no way you can do that as individual. So i think there's a lot of evidence that home erecturs was the first truly social creature on the planet.

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